Who won MasterChef: The Professionals 2022?
AFTER a nail-biting final, the judges have crowned a winner of MasterChef: The Professionals.
The series 15 finale saw three cooks battle it out to win the coveted trophy and the honour of being the show's new champion.
Who won MasterChef: The Professionals 2022?
After a dramatic final, Nikita Pathakji was announced as the winner of MasterChef: The Professionals 2022.
Pathakji is a junior sous chef at Kitchen W8 in London.
She grew up in Derby but relocated to the capital to pursue her dream of becoming a chef.
Her first role was at The Lanesborough in Knightsbridge, London.
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She has since worked at acclaimed restaurants such as Claude Bosi at Bibendum, and Core by Clare Smyth.
Pathakji attended Westminster Kingsway college.
Who came second in MasterChef: The Professionals 2022?
Sagar Massey
Sagar Massey came in joint second place alongside fellow runner up Charlie Jeffreys.
Massey is a senior sous chef at the Marine and Lawn hotel in Troon, Scotland.
He is originally from Bulanshahr, India, but now lives in Johnstone, after moving to the country in 2014.
Massey has worked at a number of different restaurants across Scotland, including Rusacks St Andrews, which is based alongside the world-famous golf course.
His father was also a chef, and he credits his parents as his inspiration to work as a professional cook.
Charlie Jeffreys
Joining Massey in second place is fellow finalist Charlie Jeffreys.
He is senior Chef de partie at Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester in London.
The chef is originally from Dorchester, Dorset, but now lives in London.
Jeffreys previously worked in Yalbury Cottage in Dorchester, where he began as a pot washer before rising through the ranks.
He has been praised by MasterChef judge Marcus Wareing over the course of the series for his creativity.
Dishes of his have included a chicken filled cauliflower and roasted red mullet tied into a heart shape and filled with red mullet and crab mousse.